Nvidia has announced that Rockstar's highly anticipated PC version of Grand Theft Auto V is running great on Nvidia hardware and will support two important GameWorks technologies.

Both Nvidia and AMD are gunning after GTA V fans, and while AMD already announced that it is a part of its Gaming Evolved program and features the exclusive Contact Hardening Shadows (CHS) feature, Nvidia also announced that it comes with support for two important GameWorks technologies, the Percentage Closer Soft Shadows (PCSS) and the TXAA. The PCSS should add realistic soft shadows while TXAA is a "film-style anti-aliasing technique that reduces the crawling and flickering seen in motion when playing games", according to Nvidia.

In a blog post penned by Brian Burke, Nvidia was quite keen to note that press previews of Grand Theft Auto V declared the game as "the definitive version", and formed that opinion on a demo system that Rockstar configured with Nvidia Geforce GTX 980 graphics cards in SLI configuration. Nvidia also noted that its customers are set for "an outstanding experience" from day one.

Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V for PC has finally launched, and AMD has announced that the game is part of its Gaming Evolved program.

While it appears that both Nvidia and AMD are battling over Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V, which does not come as a surprise considering how popular the game is, as a part of AMD's Gaming Evolved program, GTA V will have support for Contact Hardening Shadows (CHS) feature.

We have not heard much about Contact Hardening Shadows (CHS) feature earlier. According to AMD, it dynamically hardens or softens a shadow’s edges depending on the distance of the shadow from the light source and object casting that shadow. This should make softer shadows diffuse more realistically. The CHS feature can be enabled in the Soft Shadows drop down menu in the game settings.

It seems that AMD and its PR companies made a mix up last week, when they announced that Grand Theft Auto V is the latest addition to Gaming Evolved family. Apparently and according to the latest update we got from AMD's PR company, Grand Theft Auto V just has some Gaming Evolved features, including the aforementioned Contact Hardening Shadows (CHS), but is not an official Gaming Evolved title and should not be menitoned as such.

Following the launch of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V for PC, AMD has released its newest Catalyst 15.4 Beta drivers with all the game-specific optimizations as well as Crossfire profiles for that game.

While it is mostly focused on Grand Theft Auto V, the new Catalyst 15.4 drivers also bring several other new Crossfire profiles for games like Dying Light, Galactic Civilizations III, MGS V: Ground Zeroes, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, and Mortal Combat X as well as improved Crossfire profiles for Battlefield Hardline, Far Cry 4, Sniper Elite 3 and Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor.

The new Catalyst 15.4 Beta drivers are available for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions and support all AMD Radeon graphics desktop cards since Radeon HD 5000 series, all APU graphics parts since Radeon HD 6000 series, and Radeon Mobility products since ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 series.

Nvidia has released its latest WHQL-certified Geforce driver, which is also a Game Ready driver for the highly anticipated PC version of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V game.

Featuring all optimizations, as well as both SLI and 3D Vision profiles for GTA V, which supports most, if not all Nvidia technologies like 3D Vision, 4K Surround, Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR), Multi Frame Sampled Anti-Aliasing (MFAA), TXAA, G-Sync and more, making the Geforce 350.12 WHQL driver a must-have in case you want to play the new Grand Theft Auto V.

In addition to optimizations for the GTX V, the new driver also adds SLI profiles for Assassin's Creed Rogue, Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty and Victor Vran games and updates SLI profile for Project Cars game. It also adds 3D Vision profiles for Heroes of the Storm and Mortal Kombat X games.

Bad news for all fans of blood, petrol and adrenaline – Rockstar has delayed the launch of Grand Theft Auto V for PC yet again.

Luckily it shouldn’t be too long now, as the company says GTA V for PC will launch on April 14, as an online download. To make up for the delays, Rockstar is giving everyone who pre-ordered the PC version a $200,000 bonus (that would be in-game cash, not real greenbacks – they’re not Goldman Sachs).

Speaking of money, some people may need an upgrade if they plan on getting GTA V for PC. The recommended system requirement suggests a Core i5-3470 or AMD FX-8350, 8GB of RAM, GTX 660 2GB or HD 7870 2GB graphics and a whopping 65GB of storage, which is bad news for anyone with a small SSD.

If you’re a console gamer, and hide that smug grin and watch out for Online Heists, which will bring a new 4-play cooperative mode to GTA Online. Now assemble your crew and rob the good people of Los Santos and Blaine County blind.

Mustafa from IT is very good with a shotgun, and Melissa from accounting is one hell of a getaway driver, or so we hear.

When we talk about impressive sales numbers they are in the millions. When we talk about the sales of the big titles it in the tens of millions.

According to the latest reports from Take-Two Interactive, they have sold-in (or shipped) 45 million copies of Grand Theft Auto 5.

Those are some impressive numbers when you consider that back in October they had only sold-in 34 million units. Then came the next generation versions of the game for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Take Two says that the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of the game have only accounted for 10 million of the 45+ million sold-in. Take-Two and developer Rockstar claim that the online version has exceeded their expectations and it has over 24 million players.

The long awaited Heists add-on is still coming and it will still be free. We still don't know when it will be released, but we know they are working on it.

Rockstar has confirmed that issues with the day one patch for the just released Xbox One and PlayStation 4 version of Grand Theft Auto 5 have caused some problems. The issue is preventing the transfer of Online characters and access to GTA Online.

The developer is working to correct the problem is a patch is in the works for the PlayStation 4 version which will be ready for download tomorrow. Xbox One users will also have to wait till a patch arrives for that system as well to deal with the online issues.

Some users have reported that they have been able to transfer their characters without issue.

Rockstar has announced that it is pushing the PC version of Grand Theft Auto for the PC into 2015 to ensure that it is as amazing and polished as possible.

The delay does not affect the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 version which will be released on schedule this November 18th in North America and November 21st in Europe. While some might suggest that Rockstar simply is pulling resources off of the PC version to help in finishing the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions to get them out this November and you might not be wrong to think that.

With all of the extras that are being added to all three versions, it is obvious that you need time to finish all of that development. While the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 version of GTA 5 do take the game to the next level, the PC version is said to be able to take things to the limits. So maybe waiting till 2015 to get that extra polish will be worth it.

Rockstar has not confirmed a new release date for the PC version, but we are hearing that it will not be a long wait as they currently are targeting late February or early March according to sources.

Rockstar will be releasing an update for Grand Theft Auto V at some point this week. The exact release date is still unknown at this point, but according to a blog post it is likely to drop on Tuesday, March 4th.

The update known as the “Business Update” will add the Heavy Pistol, Special Carbine, three new sports cars, and a new luxury airplane as part of the update. Of course the update is really about the clothes to which a wide array of suit jackets, shades, business hairstyles, and currency-themed tattoos will be added.

The Business Update offering will be able to be used in both the single player as well as the multiplayer modes of the game. Rockstar will also be withdrawing the “Valentine’s Day Massacre” update from sale as this was only a limited edition release.

Rockstar publisher Take-Two says that they have nothing to say regarding the possibility of Grand Theft Auto V for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and the PC. While the PC version has been rumored from a number of sources for quite a while now, Take-Two says they will leave any future announcements on the topic in the hands of Rockstar.

While Take-Two has dropped hints that a port to the next-gen consoles as well as the PC could be on the way, Rockstar will make an announcement when they feel it is appropriate, according to Take-Two. So, if an announcement is coming, it will come from Rockstar.

While we do believe that GTA V is coming for the PC, if a next-generation version is also coming Rockstar is doing a good job of hiding that fact. Since GTA 5 has become the highest-selling game of all time, moving an incredible 32.5 million units, we do think that they would still like to make some additional money selling more copies of the game. We will just have to wait and see.